Nisha Dua
Co-founder & General Partner @ BBG Ventures
New York, United States
Nisha Dua is a seed investor at BBG Ventures in New York focused on Health Care and Beauty. Nisha Dua is Co-founder & Managing Partner at BBG Ventures, which she co-founded with Susan Lyne in 2014. BBGV is an NYC-based, early-stage fund leading investments in companies built by underestimated founders that are transforming our collective and lived experiences. BBGV invests across Sustainable and Transparent Commerce, Underestimated& Emerging Consumers, Health & Wellbeing, The Evolving Workforce, and Next Gen Communities. At BBGV Nisha has invested in over 70 start-ups including The Wing, Zola, Pymetrics, KiwiCo, Spring Health, Future Family and Winky Lux. Most recently, BBGV launched Fund III and led investments in Planet FWD, RadSwan, Thousand Fell, Oova, and Starface.Nisha has spent the last decade working in media, tech, strategy and law. She was the General Manager of AOL’s millennial site, Cambio, which she re-launched as a site “for girls, #BUILTBYGIRLS” in partnership with Girls Who Code. She then founded BUILT BY GIRLS, a software platform which connects girls and non-binary talent with professionals to prepare the next generation of leaders to step into careers powered by technology. Nisha was previously Chief of Staff for the AOL Brand Group, working on strategy, operations and special projects. She cut her teeth as a management consultant for Bain & Company and an M&A lawyer at Australian law firm Blake Dawson. Nisha acts as an advisor to numerous start-ups outside her role as an investor.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
Last updated:
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Industries Nisha Dua invests in
Stages Nisha Dua invests in
Countries Nisha Dua invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$4.2M
- Series A
- $6M–$24M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 5 (25%)
- Beauty 2 (10%)
- Medical 2 (10%)
- Women's 2 (10%)
- Wellness 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (60%)
- Series A 5 (25%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| SuperCircle develops a tech platform and reverse logistics system that powers circularity for retail brands. It links retail with the waste management industry to close the loop and eliminate post-consumer clothing waste. | $24M / Series A / Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Millie is a new kind of maternity clinic. Built by moms and providers who’ve been there. | $12M / Series A / Feb 20, 2025 | ||
Upwage
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Our mission is to create $1 trillion in new wealth for the 44% of Americans who make less than $16/hr, using the power of big data & AI. | $7.3M / Seed / Jul 01, 2023 | |
| Millie is a new kind of maternity clinic. Built by moms and providers who’ve been there. | $4M / Seed / Sep 08, 2022 | ||
| Eating disorders affect people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences, yet up to 90% won't get care. Arise aims to change that, breaking down barriers and stigma and expanding access to inclusive care through virtual treatment pathways, community, and ongoing support. | $4M / Seed / Jul 11, 2022 | ||
| Planet FWD specializes in developing a regenerative food platform. Planet FWD's carbon-neutral food products intended to reverse climate change. The company uses regenerative ingredients and compostable packaging enabling consumers to reduce the carbon footprint from the atmosphere and consume climate-friendly products. | $10M / Series A / May 26, 2022 | ||
| Diem is building a social search engine. It’s a dedicated place for people to search, collect, discover and share information, inspired by the way women have been passing knowledge to each other for centuries. Think of it like the best and biggest group chat you’ve ever been a part of, where all the important, silly, quick, private, and freneticknowledge you share is organized and stored for everyone to benefit from.Diem incentivizes the community to generate content and harnesses this data to build proprietary search algorithms that will enable people to discover, and visualize, the collective knowledge of entire communities in just a few seconds.Diem was co-founded by Emma Bates & Divia Singh in 2020. | $3.5M / Seed / May 01, 2022 | ||
| Disclosure Facts is the standard label for creator and e-commerce advertising transparency, modeled after the FDA’s 1994 Nutrition Facts label for food. Our technology makes ad disclosures clickable, clear, and consistent across every platform, giving consumers instant clarity on what’s paid and what’s real — while protecting brands and creatorsfrom FTC fines, class action lawsuits, and reputational damage.Just as Nutrition Facts became mandatory on food packaging, Disclosure Facts is positioned to become the default implementation of FTC disclosure rules for the $500B+ global digital advertising and social commerce market.Disclosure Facts combines three core modules:1. Universal Clickable Disclosures (UCD): the consumer-facing label.2. Disclosure Facts Profiles (DFP): searchable brand/creator records, like a BBB profile for advertising.3. Disclosure Integrity Protocol (DIP): compliance logs and guardrails that protect against litigation.Backed by rising regulatory scrutiny, consumer trust gaps, and the explosive growth of social commerce, Disclosure Facts offers the turnkey compliance and trust solution for advertisers, platforms, and creators worldwide. | $4.2M / Seed / Mar 28, 2022 | ||
| Zeera is a mental healthcare company that provides a digital platform and in-person experience for mental health patients. It made its mission to develop a new therapy model based on member-centered care that is affordable and effective. Zeera was founded in 2019 by Ariela Safira and is based in New York, United States. | $10M / Series A / Apr 06, 2021 | ||
| Planet FWD specializes in developing a regenerative food platform. Planet FWD's carbon-neutral food products intended to reverse climate change. The company uses regenerative ingredients and compostable packaging enabling consumers to reduce the carbon footprint from the atmosphere and consume climate-friendly products. | $2.5M / Seed / Dec 10, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About BBG Ventures
BBG Ventures focuses on various sectors, including healthcare transformation, financial inclusion, and energy resiliency. Its operations involve leading or co-leading seed and pre-seed rounds to support companies addressing systemic challenges. The organization prioritizes partnerships with founders who possess personal or professional experience within underserved markets. Additionally, the company provides strategic support in areas such as brand strategy, recruiting, and business model development during the initial stages of a startup's growth.
BBG Ventures Contacts
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Nisha Dua
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FAQ
What does Nisha Dua invest in?
Nisha Dua invests primarily in Health Care, Beauty and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Nisha Dua invest in?
Nisha Dua typically joins rounds of $2M–$4.2M at Seed and $6M–$24M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Nisha Dua's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Nisha Dua took part in.
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When did Nisha Dua last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nisha Dua closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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